Barebones Productions Is Visiting Another Burgh

If you happen to be in Scotland this month, stop by the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.Ã‚Â Pittsburgh’s very own Barebones Productions is participating in this years festival with the play Cherry Smoke.Ã‚Â Barebones Productions will be in Edinburgh through August 28th. Barebones Productions: BarebonesProductions.com MySpace.com/baresboneproductions… Read the rest

List of Pittsburgh Halloween Parties for 2014

Have an awesome costume that you are looking to show off? Looking for an excuse to get out of the house? Pittsburgh is notorius for Halloween parties (The infamous Evaline Halloween Party which ended its 15 year run last year was featured in Spin Magazine). Check out one or several of these upcoming Halloween parties around Pittsburgh. Some are free and some are a little more expensive but benefit a good cause. Even if parties aren’t you thing, be sure to check out some of the posters and artwork for these events – there are a few impressive posters and… Read the rest

A Matter of Public Record – History, Mystery and an iPhone App

Image via Wikipedia Something about this summer- super great collaborative projects abound. First there was the illustration ale a partnership between East End Brewing and the Toonseum. Then Barebones Productions brought Killer Joe to the stage with Joe Grushekcy accompaniment. Public Record is a collaboration between Pittsburgh writer and artist Justin Hopper, tech company DeepLocal and publishers Encyclopedia Destructia to bring some of the mystery and history of Pittsburgh to life on the streets of downtown Pittsburgh.… Read the rest

Killer Joe Grushecky

This seems to be the summer of unique Pittsburgh collaborations. Barebones Productions is a Pittsburgh theater company that has been performing since 2003. Barebones is back this summer and has partnered with another Pittsburgh performer – Joe Grushecky – for the production Killer Joe. Killer Joe is a play by playwrite Tracey Letts about a family that hires a hitman to kill the matriarch for insurance money. Joe Grushecky will be preforming live each night as part of the production. Saturday nights production will be followed by a closing party with a performance by Joe Grushecky and the Houserockers. Joe… Read the rest

A. B. C. Always Be Closing – Glengarry Glen Ross @ New Hazlett Theater

My apologies to the folks at Barebones Productions for not writing about this sooner – I have been looking forward to this play for a few months. In college I read and reread this play for two, if not three different classes. And as I have worked in more jobs and visited more real estate delevopments I continue to think of some of the lines from Glengarry Glen Ross. You still have 2 more chances to see Barebone’s Productions Glengarry Glen Ross at the New Hazlett Theater on the North Side. Saturday, November 28, 2009 – 8pm Sunday, November 29,… Read the rest